MONTREAL, QUEBEC -- (Marketwire) -- 11/07/12 -- CloudOps, a leading provider of best-in-class private, public and hybrid Cloud solutions for enterprises, announced today it has been selected to join the Citrix Cloud Advisor Program, an exclusive group of Citrix partners with experience and expertise building infrastructure as a service clouds using Citrix solutions including CloudPlatform, powered by Apache CloudStack, and CloudPortal. CloudOps is a leading CloudAdvisor partner in Canada, and one of only four select partners in North America to be named to the Program.

CloudOps was selected to join the CloudAdvisor Program based on its extensive expertise and longstanding experience in building clouds that leverage Citrix technologies. CloudOps provides turnkey cloud-based solutions for dev/test, software as a service (SaaS), ecommerce and managed service industries and the company's team of consultants deliver services such as cloud architecture planning and design, web application performance monitoring, cloud migration, cloud building, as well as managed public, private and hybrid cloud services.

"We are extremely excited to be named to the Citrix Cloud Advisory program, and to join this elite group of technical experts selected to deliver Citrix solutions to enterprise customers around the globe," says CloudOps CEO Ian Rae. "We have a longstanding relationship with Citrix technologies, spanning back over many years starting with Citrix NetScaler, and we have continued. to invest deeply in building our team's technological expertise and knowledge around Citrix, and in specific surrounding Apache CloudStack. It's terrific to be recognized by a premier industry brand such as Citrix and to be selected as a key enabler in the company's go to market Cloud strategy."

"As more enterprises turn to the cloud to achieve new levels of agility, acquire new customers and tap into new sources of revenue, they need trusted solution providers close at hand who have the technical competence, best practices expertise, and industry experience to assist them in building a cloud-based solution that serve their needs," says Peder Ulander, vice president of product marketing,CloudPlatform group at Citrix. "The Cloud Advisor Program was developed to connect and extend our cloud-based technology with expertise in the field by certified cloud advisors such as CloudOps. The CloudOps team brings extensive knowledge of Citrix cloud technologies, years of experience serving large and small IT organizations, and extensive real world experience in building best of breed cloud solutions."

About CloudOps

Since 2005, CloudOps has helped hundreds of enterprises and web-based companies build their business in the Cloud. We provide private, public and hybrid cloud solutions for businesses seeking to scale, and for enterprises making their move to the Cloud. Our best in class Cloud architecture and proven approach allows companies to confidently, securely, and reliably capture business opportunities while achieving new levels of business performance. For more information visit us on the web at www.cloudops.com.

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